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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Nothing I could find there I'm afraid. Closest units are as follows though:
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Latin American Regional Command
Current Location: Caribbean Islands
9th Marine Infantry Battalion (BIMa)
3rd Foreign Legion Infantry regiment (REI)
33rd Marine Infantry Regiment (RIMa)
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You made me doubt myself so I booted up my old PC to check.
Not sure where you looked - this is what I found (with page number)
V2.2 NATO Combat Vehicle Handbook, p88
3RD FOREIGN LEGION
INFANTRY REGIMENT (REI)
Subordination: Latin American Regional Command
Current Location:
Kourou
Manpower: 350
(Emphasis mine)
Kourou is the location of the Guiana Space Centre
V2.2 NATO Combat Vehicle Handbook, p88
9TH MARINE INFANTRY
BATTALION (BIM)
Subordination: Latin American Regional Command
Current Location:
Cayenne
Manpower: 450
(Emphasis mine)
Cayenne is the capital of French Guiana
So there is a large contingent of Foreign Legion troops in the vicinity of the site of the Guiana Space Centre and another large contingent of French troops in the capital of French Guiana..
I was mistaken about their purpose being stated - it's not. I got that from here
http://www.oocities.org/littlegreenm...T2K_France.htm
And then there's this from wikipedia
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The 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion, whose mission is to protect the CSG, has had a base in the Forget neighbourhood since 1973. They clashed with the Creoles in 1985 and 2006.
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(CSG is the French acronym for the Guiana Space Centre)
So I'll stick with option A.